Sajid Nawaz

Sajid Nawaz Khan (Urdu: ساجد نواز خان; born 25 March 1975) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Sajid Nawaz
ساجد نواز
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded byNoor Alam Khan
ConstituencyNA-3 (Peshawar-III)
Personal details
Born (1975-03-25) 25 March 1975
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013-present)

Early life and education

Khan was born on 25 March 1975[1] to politician Haji Mohammad Nawaz.[2]

He holds a degree of Master of Business Administration.[2]

Political career

He joined politics after the death of his father Haji Mohammad Nawaz.[2]

Khan ran for the seat of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PK-07 (Peshawar-VII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[2] He secured 2,038 and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.[3]

Khan later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and was awarded a PTI ticket to run in 2013 Pakistani general election despite opposition from the PTI chapter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2] He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-3 (Peshawar-III) in June 2013 election.[4][5][6] He secured 66,528 votes and defeated Haji Ghulam Ali.[7]

References
  1. "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. "The debutantes in the National Assembly". DAWN.COM. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. "2008 election result" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "PTI wins two more NA seats from Peshawar". Express Tribube. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. "Polling results a shock for major parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. "Pakistan General Elections 2013 - Detailed results". DAWN.COM. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "2013 NA election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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